+---+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ |No.| Staffordshire. | Newbury. | South Devon. | +---+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | 1.|Poor Mary sits a- |Poor Mary sits a- |Poor Mary is a- | | |weeping. |weeping. |weeping. | | 2.| -- |Pray what are you |What is she weeping | | | |weeping for? |for? | | 3.| -- | -- | -- | | 4.|She's weeping for her |She's weeping for a |She's weeping for her | | |lover. |lover. |lover. | | 5.|On a bright summer's |This bright summer's |On a fine summer's | | |day. |day. |day. | | 6.| -- | -- | -- | | 7.| -- | -- | -- | | 8.| -- | -- |[See No. 41.] | | 9.| -- | -- | -- | |10.|Stand up and choose |Rise up and choose | -- | | |your lover. |your lover. | | |11.| -- | -- | -- | |12.| -- | -- | -- | |13.| -- | -- | -- | |14.| -- |Now Mary she is | -- | | | |married. | | |15.| -- | -- | -- | |16.| -- | -- | -- | |17.| -- | -- | -- | |18.| -- | -- | -- | |19.| -- | -- | -- | |20.| -- | -- | -- | |21.| -- | -- | -- | |22.| -- | -- | -- | |23.| -- | -- | -- | |24.| -- | -- | -- | |25.| -- | -- | -- | |26.| -- | -- | -- | |27.| -- | -- | -- | |28.| -- | -- | -- | |29.| -- | -- | -- | |30.| -- | -- | -- | |31.| -- | -- | -- | |32.| -- | -- | -- | |33.| -- | -- | -- | |34.| -- | -- | -- | |35.| -- | -- | -- | |36.|Now she's got a lover.| -- | -- | |37.| -- | -- |Who is her lover? | |38.| -- | -- |I. O. is her lover. | |39.| -- | -- |Where is her lover? | |40.| -- | -- |Her lover is sleeping.| |41.| -- | -- |At the bottom of the | | | | |sea. | |42.| -- | -- | -- | |43.| -- | -- | -- | +---+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+---+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ |No.| Cambridge. | Ogbourne. | Manton. | +---+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | 1.|Poor Mary is a- |Poor Mary is a- |Poor Sally is a- | | |weeping. |weeping. |weeping. | | 2.| -- |Pray what is she |Pray tell me what | | | |weeping for? |you're weeping for. | | 3.| -- | -- | -- | | 4.| -- |I'm weeping for my |I'm weeping for my | | | |true love. |sweetheart. | | 5.| -- |On a bright summer's | -- | | | |day. | | | 6.| -- | -- | -- | | 7.| -- | -- | -- | | 8.| -- | -- |Down by the seaside. | | 9.| -- | -- | -- | |10.|Stand up upon your |Stand up and choose | -- | | |feet and show the one |your true love. | | | |you love so sweet. | | | |11.| -- | -- | -- | |12.| -- | -- | -- | |13.|On the carpet she | -- | -- | | |shall kneel till the | | | | |grass grows on the | | | | |field. | | | |14.|Now you're married I | -- | -- | | |wish you joy. | | | |15.|First a girl and | -- | -- | | |second a boy. | | | |16.| -- | -- | -- | |17.| -- | -- | -- | |18.| -- | -- | -- | |19.| -- | -- | -- | |20.| -- | -- | -- | |21.| -- | -- | -- | |22.| -- | -- | -- | |23.| -- | -- | -- | |24.| -- | -- | -- | |25.| -- | -- | -- | |26.| -- | -- | -- | |27.| -- | -- | -- | |28.| -- | -- | -- | |29.|If one don't kiss, the| -- | -- | | |other must. | | | |30.| -- | -- | -- | |31.| -- | -- | -- | |32.| -- | -- | -- | |33.| -- | -- | -- | |34.| -- | -- | -- | |35.| -- | -- | -- | |36.| -- | -- | -- | |37.| -- | -- | -- | |38.| -- | -- | -- | |39.| -- | -- | -- | |40.| -- | -- | -- | |41.| -- | -- | -- | |42.| -- |Ring a ring o' roses a|A ring of roses a | | | |pocketful of posies. |pocketful of posies. | |43.| -- | -- |We all tumble down. | +---+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+